my current 15 inch street tires (Pirelli) are coming to an end. What are people's experiencee with Avon tire durability for the street? OTher options?? Thanks!
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Hi,
Michelin XWX are available in /60 height. I just bought Cocker Michelin TB 15 - not on the car yet but are really beautiful and have a great track record. Check with Summit racing.
Michelin XWX are available in /60 height. I just bought Cocker Michelin TB 15 - not on the car yet but are really beautiful and have a great track record. Check with Summit racing.
The Mickey Thompson, 26 x 12.00-15 fits the rear well and gives that kitty with big paws look. It has an interesting tread design as well. It needs a 10 inch rim though.
Summitracing.com has them at $233 each.
Summitracing.com has them at $233 each.
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I have had the Mickey Thompson tires on my car for a year. Good tires. 
Hi,
I have had the Avon CR6ZZ (http://www.longstonetyres.co.uk/page/295-50vr15-avon-cr6zz.html) in 295/50/15 on 10 inch Capagnolos on my Pantera for about a month now and am so far very happy with them. Have driven about 1000 km. Too early to say anything about wear yet, and I haven't had the opportunity to explore the performance aspects of them. However, last weekend I was caught in a very heavy downpour on the motorway for about 15 minutes. All the cars were slowing down to about 90 km/h and given the unknown wet weather performance of these tyres, I had the seat of the pants meter on high sensitivity, but they performed really well and I had no trouble matching the other cars and overtaking quite a number under the conditions without needing to change underwear afterwards
Cheers, Tim.
I have had the Avon CR6ZZ (http://www.longstonetyres.co.uk/page/295-50vr15-avon-cr6zz.html) in 295/50/15 on 10 inch Capagnolos on my Pantera for about a month now and am so far very happy with them. Have driven about 1000 km. Too early to say anything about wear yet, and I haven't had the opportunity to explore the performance aspects of them. However, last weekend I was caught in a very heavy downpour on the motorway for about 15 minutes. All the cars were slowing down to about 90 km/h and given the unknown wet weather performance of these tyres, I had the seat of the pants meter on high sensitivity, but they performed really well and I had no trouble matching the other cars and overtaking quite a number under the conditions without needing to change underwear afterwards
Cheers, Tim.
quote:Originally posted by Timsteren:
Hi,
I have had the Avon CR6ZZ (http://www.longstonetyres.co.uk/page/295-50vr15-avon-cr6zz.html) in 295/50/15 on 10 inch Capagnolos on my Pantera for about a month now and am so far very happy with them.
Cheers, Tim.
can you post some pictures how Pantera looks with the Avon CR6ZZ 295/50/15,
I'm thinking about buying them...
what have you in the front?
Rick P. have you also 15" tires if so, can you also post pictures?
What size have you?
Anders, in the profile picture of your car what is the size of the tire it has there? The profile looks pretty wide?
Hi Anders,
I have 225/50/15 on the front at the moment in a Toyo Proxes with modern tread pattern, which matched the Hankook Ventus that I had on the back previously. As you have probably discovered, the Avons don't come in the correct size for the front wheels. I will try to source a more period correct tread pattern for the front next time. I will attempt to post up a few pictures so you can get an idea of how things look. As you can see, I have GTS flares, which hide the original fender lips in the photos.
Cheers, Tim.
I have 225/50/15 on the front at the moment in a Toyo Proxes with modern tread pattern, which matched the Hankook Ventus that I had on the back previously. As you have probably discovered, the Avons don't come in the correct size for the front wheels. I will try to source a more period correct tread pattern for the front next time. I will attempt to post up a few pictures so you can get an idea of how things look. As you can see, I have GTS flares, which hide the original fender lips in the photos.
Cheers, Tim.
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quote:Originally posted by PanteraDoug:
Anders, in the profile picture of your car what is the size of the tire it has there? The profile looks pretty wide?
The picture was taken in 1975 so I do not know the size. It can be wet tire it was raining...
If you see at www.scuderiadetomaso.se/photo_7395.html it looks as the diameter is small, on the slicks.
here are Avon CR6ZZ 295/50/15 rears on 10 inch wheels
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Beautiful silver Pantera - very clean. Looks nice w/o rear bumpers. I'd be proud to own it.
I do think the the rear tires look a bit overpowering - almost dragsterish. I think it is the visual effect of the tire's large sidewalls as I am getting accustomed to the shorter sidewalls nowadays. I don't seem to be bothered by the larger tires when accompanied by larger diameter wheels which to me maintains an appearance cohesion with similar sidewall heights as the front tires.
That said, there are few aspects about the cars more subjective than wheel and tire combos. I'm no authority.
I do think the the rear tires look a bit overpowering - almost dragsterish. I think it is the visual effect of the tire's large sidewalls as I am getting accustomed to the shorter sidewalls nowadays. I don't seem to be bothered by the larger tires when accompanied by larger diameter wheels which to me maintains an appearance cohesion with similar sidewall heights as the front tires.
That said, there are few aspects about the cars more subjective than wheel and tire combos. I'm no authority.
quote:Originally posted by Anders Hellberg:quote:Originally posted by PanteraDoug:
Anders, in the profile picture of your car what is the size of the tire it has there? The profile looks pretty wide?
The picture was taken in 1975 so I do not know the size. It can be wet tire it was raining...
If you see at www.scuderiadetomaso.se/photo_7395.html it looks as the diameter is small, on the slicks.
They look like the 305-50-15 BFG like on Ron's Euro GTS. I remember many race teams using the BFG radial T/A as rain tires back then.
That's about the widest tire you can fit on a non-flared car. The Mickey Thompson is about the same width but about .750" shorter.
The BFG tread is a know entity now. In '75 that would have been the first version of the tread design. That tire and tread was notorious for hydroplaning in the wet.
The present BFG pattern didn't appear until around 1982 or so.
The wet characteristics of the Mickey Thompson are unknown to me at present. They are a light truck tire and that pattern does resemble some of the racing wet tread patterns for Formula 1 tires that I have seen.
Does anyone here have information about the M/T tire performance in the wet? So few people drive their cars in that condition now. It may be difficult to come by.
I can tell you that virtually any 50 profile tire is a disaster in any kind of snowy condition. You have to park the car.
In fact, I think that the rubber compounds on many of the high speed rated tires like the V loose grip, a lot of it, with air temps under freezing.
I will say that I had Goodyear GT + 4, 215-60-15 on my 92 SHO Taurus as original equipment and they were very good in the snow.
I got caught in 24" of snow in Albany with it and they went through with very little drama, although I wouldn't recommend making a habit out of it.
As far as the dragster look goes, remember the original tires were Goodyear Arriva with a C 60 on the front and a H 60 on the rear and were made for this car specifically.
That was the original thought on these cars as far as I can tell.
It was a similar fitment to the Cobra 427 S/C and just to mention, the front/rear weight balance is almost identical to the 427 Cobra as well.